Day 16

I love my Bible collection.

So I have always enjoyed Bibles, but recently I became fancinated with Bibles and the stories they could tell. So I have started a little collection. My hope is to one day write a whole series of novellas about people and their Bibles. 

For now though, I just enjoy them. 

Simple Update

Hi everyone.

It's good to be back. For a moment at least.

To be honest, I've missed blogging. I've missed connecting with you all online and sharing my life with you.

Lately I've been volunteering, sewing for the hospital, reading more simpleness books, enjoying family, helping making some films, and living life.

Things have been such a mix this year. I've had some really amazing things happen. Continuing to volunteer, family time, filming, etc. I've also had some hard thing come into my life. My Dad was diagnosed with a Cognitive illness, I've been struggling with discontentment, and trying to decide where God wants me.

It's been a year full of challenge and blessing. And through it all God has been there, loving me, helping me, showing me the way to go. Even though I've been confused, I've never been alone. Even though life has been difficult at times, I've always had the strength to get through. Even though I've cried out in pain and hurt and frustration, I've always found loving arms waiting to hold me.

I don't have it all together, but I'm becoming okay with that. The great thing is I know the one who does have it all together. And He doesn't need any competition.

So today, my goals are to enjoy the life I have and lean a little closer to the one who gave it to me.

God bless you, Rose

In 100 Simple Words #8

The years past. Funny how things that seem so important to us at one time, become less important.

Kelsey smiled as she thought about that “restoration coffee” as she and Jenny had dubbed it. They had mended the friendship.

Although she never touched that story again, Kelsey had written other things. Her life was now full.

She looked out the window of her small apartment. The guests should be arriving soon. Today they were celebrating the completion of a play.

Kelsey smiled to herself. It had been a wonderful success. God had been with her, but then He always had. 

In 100 Simple Words #3

Way back in October, I wrote a short story about a girl named Kelsey. Well, I have been wanting to continue her story. Today I finally did. Here is the next part.

Kelsey walked into her small apartment and dropped down unto the couch. The evening had been exhausting. Seeing Megan again had brought it all back. The back-stabbing, the lies, the disappointed hopes. It had been one of the darkest times in Kelsey’s life.

Megan and Kelsey had been good friends, she thought. But then …

Kelsey’s eyes wondered to the laptop. The story that was left unfinished. Once you couldn’t tear her away from the story, now it was too painful.

Thoughts about the painful event floated through her mind. She tried to shove them away, but to no avail. 

Where Did My Simple Life Go?

Maybe not out loud, but I have been wondering this lately.

In the midst of classes, volunteering, deadlines, cleaning, trips, and the craziness of life, where is this simple life that I long for?

Yet even as I write these words, I'm reminded of the fact that simpleness doesn't have anything to do with my to-do list or calender. It has to do with what's getting done.

One simpleness book asked it's readers to look what got done over the last week. That was a good indication of what was most important to you. You'll get that stuff done. Even if you say that baking cookies for the family is more important than writing the book, if the book get's written, but the baking sheets go unused, you have just proved which was more of a priority.

So what was important to me this week? What actually got done? Some time spent with family, quilting with my sister, a lot of editing, two days of volunteering, and a visit with a friend. Even with all the crazy, I'm thankful  for all the wonderful moments that this week has contained.

God's working out so many wonderful and amazing things in my life. I may having some growing pains, but I know the end result will be worth it. And that is a simple truth that I can carry around with me as I go about my crazy, busy, wonderful, amazing day.

How have you found simple lessons in the midst of your crazy life?

If I May Simply Interrupt?

Hello there blog friends.

Can I interrupt for a moment from the things I am thankful for?

I hope that you all have been doing well.

As for me, things have been a usual wonderful mix of good and tough. I've been sick for almost a week and my family has been struggling with the flu. While this hasn't been great, we've all been working together to take care of each other. It reminds me again that I have a great family.

I have been thinking a lot about my spiritual walk lately. I feel more like a child of God who is stumbling her way through life, then a confident saint following her Lord. I make so many mistakes and fall down so many times.

Yet for every mistake, His Grace and Love for me are so strong. He refuses to call me anything less than beloved and friend. Oh, Father help me to know this love more and more and to share it with others.

God is so good to me. Even on days (like the past few) where my brain function has been fuzzy and I have been sick, He has shown me Grace and given me strength.

If you are stumbling or afraid, remember the Love of your Father. No matter what (fill in whatever your what is) His love and care for you are unending. Let your father remind you of His love once again.

Simply Grateful # 2

Day 2

Seasons. Both in weather and in life. Times of rest and business. Times of work and of relaxation. Times of cool and of warm. Times of sunshine and of rain. Times when I have a lot to say and times to be quiet. Times to be with friends and times to be alone. And most of all, spiritual seasons.